Elastic mesh bracelet



May 25, 1931 c. scHRAYssl-IUEN ET AL 1,807,440

ELASTIC MESH BRACELET Filed July 26. 1929 ATTORNEYS.

Patented May 26, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CARL SCHRAYSSHUEN, OFFROVIDENCE, AND KARL FASSNACHT, F EDGEWOOD, RHODE ISLAND, .ASSIGNORS TO SPEIDEL CHAIN CO., OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE OF FREDERIC SPEIDEL .AND EUGEN SPEIDEL, BOTH OF FIRM COMPOSED GERMANY FORZBEIM,

ELAsTIc MESH BRACELET .Application med Juiy 26,

This invention relates to an elastic bracelet, band or the like; and has for its object to provide an elastically extensible mesh fabric formed from helical coils of wire.

A further object of the invention is to provide an elastic mesh fabric bracelet with soldered edges and with the coils in close adjacency intermediate its edges to enhance the appearance of the same.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims. p

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a loosely woven helically coiled wire forming a mesh fabric with the ends of adjacent coils secured tov mesh bracelet with oppositely soldered edges gether.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view showing spaced arbors positioned in the loosely coiled mesh fabric of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a side elevation thereof.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged end view showing the intermeshing relation of adjacent helical coils.

Fig. 6 is a top plan View of the fabric with arbors positioned therein, as shown in Fig. 3, after the same has been compressed by applying pressure on the opposite edges to bend 'the coils which are unsupported by the arbors into closer relation.

Fig. 7 is a top plan view with the arbors removed and with one elastic member or spring positioned in the opening formed by removing one of the arbors.

Fig. 8 is an end view of the structure illustrated in Fig. 6 with the arbors removed.

Fig. 9 is a top plan viewiof the bracelet shown somewhat diagrammatically with tips secured to its ends.

Fig. l0 is a section of the tip showing a fragmental portion of the bracelet as illustrated in Fig. 9. Y

It is found desirable to provide an elastic in which the helical coils of wire of the mesh will be closely disposed together to enhance the appearance thereof and in which the elas- 1929. Serial No. 381,378.

ticl member is within a single thickness of the sheet fabric; and in order to accomplish this result we have first loosely woven the mesh andthen compressed it to dispose the coils closely together and have supported portions against compression which we later wish to use for the positioning of elastic members therein for contracting the coils of the mesh lengthwise of the bracelet but transversely of the helically extending coils; and the following is a detailed description of the present embodiment of this invention illustrating ISLAN'D, .A.\k

the preferred means by which these advantageous results may be accomplished: With reference to the drawings, 10 designates a portion of the mesh fabric formed by loosely weaving helical coils l1 and 12 of wire together. These helical coils l1 and 12 are soldered as at 13 and 14 at opposite edges of the bracelet or band so that each pair of helical coils 11 and 12 will move together relative to the neXt' similar pair of helical coils 11 and 12, theextent of movement ldepending upon the diameter of the coils and in this manner a contraction and expansion, is permitted in the direction of the arrow 15 adjacent Fig. l,

After the ends of the coils 11 and 12 are soldered together at the edges of the bracelet, the arbors16 and 17 are positioned, as illustrated in Fig. 3,- adjacent the edges of the bracelet or band and transversely or widthwise of the helical coils, and pressure is applied in the direction of the arrows 18 and 18 to compress the fabric and cause the same to be narrowed, as illustrated inFig. v6, so that the portion 1S intermediate the arbors 16 and .17 will have the helical coils more closely related together and of a pitch less than when rst looselywoven together. The arbors 16- and 17 support the outer helical coil yof each of the Wires against compression" so as to leave a space or opening 19, eX-

tending lengthwise through the bracelet be- The coiled springs 20 are fastened to tips 21 at the ends these springs of the bracelet or band so that are under tension to contract the length of the bracelet or move the helicaly coils together.

A pin 22 extends through the helical coils at the end of the bracelet and into the sides J of the tip 2l and to this pin the spring i2() is fastened so that the pin serves to hold the mesh, the tip and the spring in the desired assembled position.

By the compression to close the helices intermediate their ends the soldered together ends of the coils are also flattened and directed inwardly assisting in the procuring of a smooth edge to prevent abrasion of the flesh or delicate fabric of dress material with which they may come in Contact when worn as a bracelet.

It will also be apparent that we have positioned the spring in a sheet of mesh fabric between the outer or opposite surfaces of the fabric and have avoided the necessity of doubling over the fabric to embrace the spring, which has previously been the mr iner of securing a spring in a lengthwise eX-l tensible mesh hand. This construction also is such that a limited elastic extension is permitted by the intermeshing helical coils so that the elastic member will not be ruptured by excessive extension.

The foregoing description is directed solely towards the construction illustrated, but we desire it to be understood that we reserve the privilege of resorting to all the mechanical changes to which the device is susceptible, the invention being defined and limited only by the terms of the appended claims.

We claim:

1. An elastic bracelet, band or the like, comprising a strip of sheet mesh having interwoven helices, a pair of spaced elastic members extending through the sheet of mesh between the opposite surfaces of the sheet, and means for securing the ends of the elastic members to the opposite ends of the bracelet, band, or the like to contract the .y

helices of the mesh,. the coils of said helices being reduced in pitch between said elastic members to closely dispose them together. 2. An elastic bracelet, band, or the like, comprising a fabric formed of a plurality of wire helices woven one into another and extending transversely of the bracelet, a pair of spaced elastic members extending through the fabric between the opposite surfaces of the fabric, and attached to the fabric to draw together said helices in the direction of their width, the coils 0f said helices being reduced in pitch between said elastic members to closely dispose their coils together.

In testimony whereof we aiix our signatures.

GARL SCHRAYSSHUEN. KARL FAssNAcHT.

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